STREET Fighter 5 senior producer Yoshinori Ono believes that Capcom's latest title will appeal to fans of all ages and levels, regardless of prior experience with the franchise.

The game is released on February 16 on PlayStation 4 and Windows, and features a brand-new 'V-Gauge' which can be used to co-ordinate even more brutal attacks.

Street Fighter 5 will also receive a huge story expansion in June, and Ono is confident that fans old and new will be delighted by the depth and detail contained in the game.

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Speaking exclusively to Express Gaming at Capcom's Street Fighter 5 London event, he explained with typical enthusiasm: "The goal with the title is very much to rest things from where they are now because Street Fighter 4 was incredibly successful and I'm very grateful we were able to run it and support it for fans for seven or eight years.

"There's a flip side to that success though. The high level of play the community has shown is so good that it's really restricted the ability of newcomers to join in at this point.

"It's like comparing it to footballers. If everyone is in the Premier League now, people are coming and running onto that pitch thinking that they can't compete. It's rather intimidating and I think that the non-pro or non-hardcore fans are getting left behind.

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"The goal of Street Fighter 5 is to make it so that whether you are a skilled player or the proverbial 'kick-about in the park on a Sunday' type of player, resetting the game's system means everyone is at the same starting block now, no matter what their experience.

"Everyone is able to play on the same pitch and that lets us bring the community back into a big one rather than being a focused hardcore one.

"That's our goal for the game – let's reset things and let everyone have a chance to join in."